The 25 Greatest Movie Trilogies of All Time

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15. John Ford’s cavalry trilogy (1948-1950)
> IMDb score: 7.3/10 (49,321 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 78% (25,586 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 90% (60 votes)
> Highest-rated film: Fort Apache (1948)

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14. Terry Gilliam’s Trilogy of Americana (1991-1998)
> IMDb score: 7.8/10 (947,099 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 88% (716,546 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 74% (203 votes)
> Highest-rated film: 12 Monkeys (1995)

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13. Planet of the Apes trilogy (2011-2017)
> IMDb score: 7.5/10 (1,170,620 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 81% (711,307 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 89% (946 votes)
> Highest-rated film: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

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12. Mr. Tibbs trilogy (1967-1971)
> IMDb score: 7.8/10 (76,169 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 86% (25,964 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 88% (65 votes)
> Highest-rated film: In the Heat of the Night (1967)

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11. Back to the Future trilogy (1985-1990)
> IMDb score: 8.1/10 (2,036,728 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 87% (2,541,066 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 83% (189 votes)
> Highest-rated film: Back to the Future (1985)

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